Baton Rouge boy Scott Woodward is coming home to take over LSU Athletics after a four-year run as Texas A&M’s Athletic Director. Woodward is renowned for putting A&M sports back on the map with the hiring of football coach Jimbo Fisher. LSU tried and failed to lure Fisher in 2015, but Woodward managed to seal the deal a year later. Woodward will be tasked with beating the organization he just helped rebuild, but for now he’ll be doing it with a coach he didn’t hire. Robert Cessna with AggieSports.com
The latest data released from the Louisiana Survey shows sports betting received support from 59% of residents while recreational marijuana received the approval of 55% of residents. LSU Public Policy Research Lab Director Dr. Mike Henderson
Cut 6 (08) “…social issues.”
A tornado watch is in effect until seven o’ clock tonight for much of south Louisiana, a portion of central Louisiana and delta parishes in northeast Louisiana. National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Efferson says the area covered by the tornado watch is under an enhanced risk of severe weather…
State Police are responding to an uptick of crashes as a result of the weather.
It took just seven days to surpass the fundraising goal, and now over 36,000 donors have contributed a total just shy of $2 million on a GoFundMe page to benefit the three churches torched in St. Landry Parish.